K-12 Technical Council

Helping Professional Recyclers Work With Local Schools

Who We Are

Our mission is to help city and county recycling coordinators work with the schools in their area to reduce waste and increase recycling.

The K-12 Technical Council (K-12 TC) aims to cultivate waste reduction behavior and environmental literacy in K-12 schools using best practices in:

  • Waste reduction

  • Infrastructure

  • Activities and Resources for Educators

Our members are city recycling coordinators, education service providers, consultants, non-formal educators, and teachers.

What We Do

  • Hold quarterly conference calls.

  • Promotes webinars and training sessions given by subject matter experts on school recycling and waste reduction

  • Conducts interactive networking activities

  • Develop and lead workshops at the annual CRRA conference

  • Provides annual mini-grants to support educators with recycling and waste reduction programs and activities

CRRA K-12 TC
Executive Committee Members

Debbi Dodson, Nationwide school recycling coordinator, Carton Council

Jill Buck, founder & CEO, Go Green Initiative

Cecile Carson, EdD, Keep California Beautiful Executive Team

Cynthia Vant Hul, President - Mariposa Eco Consulting, Inc.

Alison Schlick

Devin Jackson

Webinars

Q2 2024 K-12 TC Meeting
Thursday, April 25th

Go Green Initiative shared a comprehensive Resource Hub for working with School District and School Site Green Teams on SB 1383 compliance. 

Meeting Agenda (with Resource Links Included)

LunchAssist joined us to discuss: Intro to their Services; Food Share Tables; Edible Food Recovery; and Preventing food waste. LunchAssist Answers to Questions in the Chat

Reducing School Lunch Waste in Oakland Unified School District

On December 4, 2017, Nancy Deming gave a presentation on reducing school lunch waste, and shared the Oakland Unified School District's strategies for success. You can view more resources from Nancy at https://tinyurl.com/OUSDGGResources.

The Journey to Zero Waste within San Francisco Unified School District

Reaching a point of sustainable resource management within a school district is a long-term, complicated process. SFUSD's attributes much of it's previous and continued success to its partners in its journey toward reaching Zero Waste. This webinar will explain the history of waste management in SFUSD as well as the projects in place for increased waste diversion from landfills district-wide.